12 FEB 2022 Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to enhance the safety of its fleet with a navigational risk monitoring system capable of predicting the danger of grounding and alerting shore side teams. A day after successfully concluding the world’s first sea trial of unmanned ship operation …
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11 FEB 2022 Antibiotic resistance is often seen as a ‘future problem’, but newly published data have revealed it’s affecting far, far more lives than you might imagine. In fact, the new estimates show that in 2019, there were 4.95 million deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance, making it the …
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03 FEB 2022 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has completed construction of its first’s rigid wind sail which will be installed on an under construction bulk carrier due to enter service later this year. Completion of the first construction marks an important milestone in what began as an academic research …
Read More »02 FEB 2022 In a strange twist to yesterday’s dramatic sea rescue of the crew from a drifting bulker during a raging storm, Dutch authorities are now detaining the captain and chief mate from the Julietta D. The vessel was secured by a salvage crew from Boskalis and brought to port, …
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31 JAN 2022 After parent company Genting Hong Kong filed for liquidation earlier this month, Genting’s Crystal Cruises brand has been winding down its commercial operations – and moving to avoid at least one vessel arrest. An additional wrinkle in its plans occurred Saturday when the vessel Crystal Serenity was denied entry …
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30 JAN 2022 Royal Caribbean Group is celebrating the final handover of its newest cruise ship, which is also the largest cruise ship in the world. The fifth ship of the Oasis class, the Wonder of the Seas, departed Marseille, France on January 27 with her AIS showing the vessel is …
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